October 16, 2012

By Lily Beatty

Beginning Tuesday, Penn State Career Services will offer a three-day graduate program fair at the HUB-Robeson Center in Alumni Hall.

The fair will go from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with special workshops offered on each day.

Tuesday is the law school day, Wednesday is the medical school and other health-related fields day and Thursday is a general graduate school day. Panels of admission officers will be offered from 2 to 3 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The fair gives students an opportunity to talk directly to representatives from schools about the admission process, said Chris MacGill, associate director of outreach programming and information management for Penn State Career Services. Its a great way to learn a lot quickly.

The fair is not just a way to learn information about schools beyond Penn State, she said.

Sometimes students are coming in to figure out what majors are best for them to pursue [at Penn State], what courses to take, what activities to get involved with that will impress admissions offices, MacGill said.

A common problem that graduate school applicants face, particularly for medical school, is that there are not enough seats for well-qualified candidates, said Ronald Markle, director of pre-medicine and general science majors.

The fair enables students to get their own unique questions without the filtering of brochures, Markle said. The direct one-on-one conversation is a valuable opportunity.

Read more from the original source:
Grad school fair to be held this week